I stood there and watched in horror as the car didn’t even slow down, they just ran right through him. Wait… through?! The man just continued to stare at me in wonder. He was a ghost, it all made sense now. I soon realized that the man was walking toward me so I hurriedly got into my car. He appeared right by my window as I shut the door.
“You can see me!” He yelled through the glass. I didn’t look at him; I didn’t want to deal with spirits at the moment. I just wanted to get my coffee. “Hello?! You can see me!” He repeated even louder. I let out a sigh and rolled down my window.
“Yes I can see you.” I said emotionless.
“Why? No one else can see me.” He wondered out loud.
“It’s because I have this ‘gift’ I can see and speak with spirits.” I told him. “So why are you stuck here on earth? Shouldn’t you have moved on?” I asked him.
“Yeah, well you see I don’t really know what happened. I didn’t even know I was dead until yesterday. I guess I died in a car crash on the way home from work a couple days ago. I’ve been trying to get my wife’s attention, she’s been distraught over my death. I just wanted to tell her something, I feel once I let her know I’m okay, then I’ll be able to move on… I think.” He stated.
I sucked in a deep breath and thought about whether I should help him or not. My conscious got the better of me, damn me and always trying to do the right thing. I let out the breath I didn’t know I was holding. “Okay, well I need to get some coffee in me before I try and actually speak to the living today. And I have plans later, so uhm… I’ll meet you back here later tonight and you can tell me where to find your wife, and then I’ll try and talk to her tomorrow. Okay?” I decided.
He smiled and nodded in agreement. “Thank you so much! I’ll see you tonight.” He said as he vanished. I sighed and backed out of my driveway. Thank god I called in to work the day before the lockdown and took a weeks vacation. I hummed along to the music as I drove to Starbucks. There weren’t very many people on the road at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. I was thankful for that; sometimes people can be really stupid. I pulled up into the parking lot and parked the car. It was almost 9 now, and it wasn’t busy… yet.
I pushed through the front entrance, making the bell above the door jingle. My co-worker Cathy looked up from behind the counter and smiled. “Good morning Amaryllis! I wasn’t expecting you to come into work until next week?” She questioned.
“Yeah, I’m just here for some coffee.” I smiled at her.
“Ah, what would you like?”
“Erm… A mocha cookie crumble. I could use some chocolate right now. Oh and I’ll have a cinnamon roll too.” I said. She nodded her head and I gave her the cash. She quickly got my drink ready and took it and my cinnamon roll to a table near the front window. I sat down and sipped at my drink, god was it delicious. I took a bit of my cinnamon as my stomach growled in hunger. I took out my phone and scrolled through facebook, I have no idea why, nothing interesting ever happens on there.
I was reading a post one of my friends made when I heard the bell jingle behind me. I didn’t care to look at who it was. I just continued looking at my phone. The person walked up to the counter and ordered. I heard the blender start and the noises of Cathy getting the drink ready. Next thing I knew, the strange person sat down with me. I looked up and was surprised to see Aaron sitting in front of me with that goofy grin of his. I couldn’t help but smile upon seeing him.
“Good morning Aaron, you scared me when you sat down. I thought some man was here to rape me.” I laughed, he chuckled.
“Good morning to you too. What are you doing up so early?” He asked. The memories of me waking up in tears after my dream came flooding back. I felt my cheeks heat up.
“Just couldn’t sleep.” I lied.
“Yeah same here, but I managed to wake up Nick and Zak too.” He smiled.
“Ha-ha; when did you guys want me to come review footage with you? Zak said that he wanted me to help.” I asked. Aaron thought for a second.
“Well, I guess you could just follow me back to our hotel. They guys are probably getting ready right now, so they should look presentable by the time we get there.” He laughed. “You wouldn’t want to see morning Zak, that’s some scar shit right there.” His goofy grin was back. I busted out laughing.
“Sounds good. Let’s get going then.” I managed to say after my laughter died down. Aaron and I walked to our cars. I followed him to his hotel; it wasn’t very far from the Starbucks. We made it in less than 15 minutes. I parked my car and followed Aaron up to his room. All 3 guys had their own room, right next to each other. Aaron invited me into his room while he went and got the other guys. I plopped down on his couch as he left.
*Zak’s P.O.V*
I was in the bathroom doing my Zak-fin, getting it perfect. After I finished, there was a knock on my door. It was probably Aaron or Nick. I opened the door to reveal Aaron and his goofy grin. “What do you want, man.” I asked him.
“Amaryllis is here, she’s in my room.” He smiled and wiggled his eyebrows at me. My heart speed up a bit at the mention of her name.
“Why is she here so early?” I asked.
“I ran into her at Starbucks, she said she couldn’t sleep. Then she asked when we wanted her to come down to review footage. I didn’t just want to leave her there, so I invited her down early.” He shrugged his shoulders.
“Did you get Nick?” I suddenly said.
“Uh yeah he said he would be out in a second.”
I nodded. “Okay, let me just get my phone and I’ll meet you back at your room.” He said okay and I shut the door. I went back to the bathroom and doubled checked my appearance. I thought I looked decent, lets just hope Amaryllis thought the same. Why was I so nervous? A girl has never made me this nervous before, and I shouldn’t even be feeling this way. Having a girlfriend with my job is a difficult thing to do. I sighed at my sudden confused emotions. I grabbed my phone off the bedside table and took a few deep breaths before heading out the door.
I walked 2 rooms down and knocked on the door. Nick answered a couple seconds later. My eyes instantly traveled to Amaryllis, she was sitting on the couch. She was gorgeous. Her blonde hair cascaded down her back in perfect waves. She was wearing a monster hat, and damn did it look hot on her. She was also wearing shorts today instead of jeans. She had perfect legs. My eyes wandered up to her face and she was looking at me. Her astounding purple eyes full of amusement.
I quickly looked down and felt my cheeks heat up. She caught me staring at her. “Are you just gonna stand there and stare at her, or are you going to come in?” Nick joked. I shot him a glare and he just laughed at me. I walked in the room and stood next to the small kitchen area. Amaryllis was laughing at something Aaron had said. Her laugh was so cute. I couldn’t help but smile.
“So what now?” She asked, looking at me.
“Uh, we can review footage now if you want.” I shrugged, suddenly feeling nervous.
“Whatever works for you guys.” She said.
“If we’re going to review footage, then we should probably go see if Billy and Jay are up.” Aaron piped up.
“Yeah, you go check on that.” I agreed. Aaron got up and left.
*Amaryllis’s P.O.V*
Aaron had left and Zak continued to look at me. I couldn’t help but remember my dream from last night. My cheeks turned red, and I looked down.
“Something wrong?” Zak asked, suddenly he was by my side.
“Oh, uh, no I’m fine.” I stuttered.
“I don’t think so.” He argued.
“No, really, I’m fine.” I said more convincingly.
“Okay.” He said. We sat there in silence until Aaron came back, bursting through the door.
“Billy and Jay are ready whenever we are.” He said.
“Well I guess we’re ready then.” Zak said as he pushed himself off the couch. I couldn’t help but stare at his biceps. His shirt hugged them as the bulged whenever he moved his arm.
“You ready?” He asked me, a small smile playing on his lips. He caught me staring.
I looked down. “Yeah.” I said quieter then I thought it would be.
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Another chapter! I felt bad that the last chapter was so short, so hopefully this will make up for it(: Tell me what ya think? Thank you guys! I love you all(: